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Family Of Man Fatally Shot By Police Sues City

Hawa Bah, with her attorney Randolph McLaughlin speaks at a press conference announcing a lawsuit against New York City for the deadly police shooting of her son, Sept. 23, 2013. (credit: Alex Silverman/WCBS 880)

Family members say Mohamed Bah never should have died. The lawsuit said Bah’s mother dialed 911 on the day of her son’s death, hoping to summon an ambulance because she thought he was depressed. The lawsuit said officers arrived instead and Bah asked them to leave.